Monday, August 15, 2016

Paleo-Orthodoxy: Worldviews in Conflict

Our
worldview will often determine how we answer these questions, though
it should be said that not all worldviews are correct. The word
worldview is quite broad in scope. Because of this, we have to
examine the filters we develop our worldview through. There must be a
standard method by which one forms their worldview. According to
Modernity, it is each individual's personality. Driven by emotion,
they develop their worldviews based on how they feel. So,
Truth is whatever makes them feel good, satisfied or fulfilled. The
flaw in this worldview is in the fact that it is based on sense
perception, which is entirely subjective. For example, if living in a
tent in the forest makes one feel good, then this person would
measure his worldview by his connection to the forest and nature.
This method would lead him to believe that this is true. However,
another person might hate being in a tent in the forest. For him, it
is unpleasant. Therefore, a connection to nature would not be the
standard for his worldview. This type of worldview puts the
individual's feelings at the center of their worldview. It is
Relativism. Truth, logic and reason are not as important as his
subjective responses to issues, ideas and events. If two
people's worldviews clash, it is not a problem for the Relativist.
They will simply say, “That is your truth,
and this is my truth. We're both
in possession of the truth.” However, this cannot be correct,
since it violates the Law of Non-Contradiction. This
law of thought states that two opposing statements cannot both be
true at the same time and in the same sense. Either one
statement is wrong and the other right, or both are wrong. Truth
is one, exclusive and absolute. Merely believing something to be true
does not make it so. I can sincerely believe that if I jump from the
tallest building in New York that I will float to the ground
unharmed, but my belief will not make it so. Gravity will act on me
and I will die a horrible death on impact with the ground.

If
personal feelings aren't a basis for a worldview, what other options
do we have?

Some
suggest that society is the standard for our worldview.
If society accepts a certain act as being okay, then it is okay. For
example, if society says rape is okay, beating your wife is okay, or
“honor killing” is okay (as in Islamic nations), then those
things are indeed moral and acceptable. This method of determining
one's worldview has obvious problems. Societies often clash. My
previous example of the Islamic nations clashes with the moral and
ethical sensibilities of traditional Western European societies. One
cannot shrug this off by saying it is okay for them,
but not for us. That is Relativism again, and we've already noted
that doesn't meet the criteria of Truth. We should also note that
laws change, and what is forbidden today may be acceptable tomorrow.
In such conditions, determining one's worldview based on society is
absurd, as you cannot hold to any worldview at all. You would simply
be a member of the mindless collective, following the herd under the
dictates of the ruling class. For example, in Marxism (Globalism),
the needs of the State outweigh the needs of the individual. A
worldview in such a State is futile, since the only question that
would be necessary to ask is, “Is this good for the State?”
The fact of the matter is, in today's world, Cultural Marxism
determines society. Power and the coercive ability of the State under
the sway of Cultural Marxism, allows no worldview other than that
which serves its own agenda.

These
worldviews are, in themselves, a statement of faith. They implicitly
lend faith to the following beliefs:

1.Relativism-
The belief that ethics and morality are man made.2.Naturalism-That
only nature exists.3.Evolutionism-
That, since only nature exists, humanity, all other life, and the
cosmos are the result of chance and the living coming from non-living
matter.4.Anti-Supernaturalism-
That, since humanity is the product of nature alone, we possess no
soul, but consist of only a material brain/mind.5.Anti-Traditionalism-Since
ethics and morality are societal/man made constructs, the traditional
family is unimportant, traditional gender roles are unimportant, and
homosexuality and gay marriage are perfectly acceptable.6.Cultural
Marxism-Humanity
is moving toward a unified state of existence as part of its
evolutionary process, and thus nations, borders, traditional
cultures, and any sense of national/ethnic identity (especially on
the part of those of Western European heritage) is outdated, and must
be opposed in favor of Globalism and Mono-Culture.

Cultural
Marxists have set their eyes on the educational and cultural bastions
of Western European nations with the goal of replacing the last
vestiges of Christendom within them, with their own worldview. This
is currently being done through, not just the institutions mentioned,
but the mass migration of the enemy of Christendom and Western
European culture, Islamic radicals. Thus we should understand that
the worldviews we have examined are not only religious, but a
cancerous ideology that seeks to enslave the entire world to its
social, political and economic ideals.

This
leaves us with only one schematic for our worldview- Truth!

The
search for truth is what is known as epistemology. What
is Truth? Pontius Pilate asked our Lord this very question, and
people still ask it today. And the answer is found only in His Word.